Asperula orientalis

Boiss. & Hohen. · species

image placeholder — illustration coming later

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula

At a glance

Occurrence records188

Data sources7

Biological traits17

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Asperula orientalis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility188 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources17 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF188 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Asperula orientalis, known as annual woodruff or oriental woodruff, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae.Boissier, Pierre Edmond & Hohenacker, Rudolph Friedrich. 1843. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum, ser. 1, 3: 30–31 It is found in Turkey, western Syria, Iraq, the Caucasus and Iran. It is often used as an ornamental plant in various regions and is reportedly naturalized in Oregon, North Dakota and the Czech Republic.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Asperula orientalisPlants Pro

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesTRYLEDAGIFTWCVP

Size & morphology3

Plant height max0.2 m

Plant height min0.1 m

Seed mass1.12 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering endJun

Flowering startApr

Life formannual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTforest, stony places

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Asperula orientalis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Asperula orientalis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–222n range22median22mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 222×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Fagerlind 1934

CCDB · book-fedorov — Homeyer 1932. 1935

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.988 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type188 records

Wild obs. + sensor80

Museum / vouchered105

Cultivated / captive1

Other2

Origin

Introduced3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO548 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy72% within 1 km

≤100 m 42≤1 km 7≤10 km 15>10 km 4

68 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor80

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy39% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 11≤10 km 32>10 km 1

54 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence105

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions17 of 26 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Oskarshamn, SE	13
Oulu, FI	9
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record	9
LDlocation not on record	9
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	8
Olocation not on record	8
Kuopio, FI	7
Turku, FI	7
Jyväskylä, FI	3
Nanjing, CN	2
Görlitz, DE	2
Beijing, CN	2
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1
TROMlocation not on record	1
Helsinki, FI	1
Bronx, US	1
Bergen, NO	1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	1
Yangling, CN	1
Uppsala, SE	1
Bern, CH	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Corvallis, US	1

26 institutions · 93 of 105 vouchered records shown · 12 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

←→tabs

The Life Data · species page · narrative wired to read_model image placeholder · 3D tilt requires an http server (WebGL)